By Maya Rhodan Published on December 9, 2013 in Time Though Shamere McKenzie, 30, was a victim of sex trafficking for two years, she says her experiences as a young woman forced into prostitution in New York do not define her. “I am not my story,” said McKenzie, who now...
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The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) is a U.S. based coalition that advocates for solutions to prevent and end all forms of human trafficking and modern slavery around the world.
How Text Messages Help the Polaris Project Zero in on Human Trafficking
By Mohana Ravindranath Published on December 8, 2013 in The Washington Post A few months ago, a worker monitoring a hotline for the Polaris Project, a nonprofit group dedicated to combating human trafficking, received a text message from an 18-year-old woman in distress. The...
Breaking the Silence on Slavery: Why Companies Need to do More
By Oliver Balch Published on December 4, 2013 in The Guardian Spotting abuses in supply chains doesn't absolve corporations from the obligation of helping victims. It's their duty, not NGOs' After decades of silence and denial on modern-day slavery, big business is at last...
Governments, NGOs, Work to End Labor Trafficking
By Mike O'Sullivan Published on December 4, 2013 in Voice of America News The International Labor Organization says more than 20 million people are subject to forced labor, working on farms, in factories, or as domestic helpers. Those who are fighting human trafficking say it...
Join Now: National Day of Action
International Justice Mission is launching the 1 Step 1 Voice Campaign today. Please join IJM on 11/19 for the National Day of Action, calling on Congress to pass the Human Trafficking Prioritization Act. IJM is calling on you - your neighbors, classmates, family, and friends - to take...
Staggering Report Exposes US Sex Trafficking
By Trymaine Lee Published on November 21, 2013 on MSNBC When Kery Rodriguez was arrested earlier this year during a drug sting in Florida, law enforcement agents discovered that heroine wasn’t the only thing that Rodriguez and his crew were trafficking. According to...
Walking the Walk on Farmworker Rights
By Maisie Ganzler Published on November 20, 2013 on the Huffington Post Blog It’s Thanksgiving time once again, and our tables will be filled with delectable dishes, many of them made with ingredients grown on American farms. As someone whose job it is to know as much as...
Trafficking Victim Now Advocates For Others
Member of the CAST Survivor Advisory Caucus Angela Guanzon was interviewed by Rachel Martin on NPR Weekend Edition on November 10, 2013. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Congressman Royce heard testimony from victims of trafficking this past week. One of them was the woman he mentioned in...
ATEST Welcomes KnowTheChain as Tool for Promoting Transparency Around Slavery in Supply Chains
For Release: October 20, 2013 (Washington, DC) – A partnership of organizations committed to combatting modern day slavery today unveiled KnowTheChain, an online resource created to educate companies, investors, policymakers and consumers about the existence of...
ATEST FY15 Support Letter to OMB for Federal Anti-Trafficking Funding
The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) is urging the Office of Management and Budget in the White House to advise the President to request funds in the President’s fiscal year 2015 budget to combat human trafficking and modern day slavery in accordance with the Trafficking...